noun pl. wharves or wharfs

1. a structure of wood or stone, sometimes roofed over, built at the shore of a harbor, river, etc. for ships to lie alongside, as during loading or unloading; pier; dock
2. Obsolete a bank at the water's edge; shore

Etymology: ME < OE hwerf, a dam or bank to keep out water, lit., a turning < base of hweorfan, to turn < IE base *kwerp-, to turn > Gr karpos, wrist

transitive verb

1. to bring to a wharf; moor at a wharf
2. to unload or store on a wharf
3. to furnish with a wharf or wharves